Re: [HACKERS] Copyright in partition.h and partition.c

2017-09-06 Thread Daniel Gustafsson
> On 06 Sep 2017, at 02:56, Amit Langote wrote: > > On 2017/09/05 21:14, Tom Lane wrote: >> Amit Langote writes: >>> On 2017/09/05 15:48, Etsuro Fujita wrote: Here is the copyright in partition.h: * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group I think

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright in partition.h and partition.c

2017-09-05 Thread Amit Langote
On 2017/09/05 21:14, Tom Lane wrote: > Amit Langote writes: >> On 2017/09/05 15:48, Etsuro Fujita wrote: >>> Here is the copyright in partition.h: >>> >>>  * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group >>> >>> I think it's reasonable that that matches the copyright in partition.c,

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright in partition.h and partition.c

2017-09-05 Thread Tom Lane
Amit Langote writes: > On 2017/09/05 15:48, Etsuro Fujita wrote: >> Here is the copyright in partition.h: >> >>  * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group >> >> I think it's reasonable that that matches the copyright in partition.c, >> but partition.c has: >> >>  * Portions

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright in partition.h and partition.c

2017-09-05 Thread Amit Langote
On 2017/09/05 15:48, Etsuro Fujita wrote: > Here is the copyright in partition.h: > >  * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group > > I think it's reasonable that that matches the copyright in partition.c, > but partition.c has: > >  * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2017, Postgr

[HACKERS] Copyright in partition.h and partition.c

2017-09-04 Thread Etsuro Fujita
Here is the copyright in partition.h: * Copyright (c) 2007-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group I think it's reasonable that that matches the copyright in partition.c, but partition.c has: * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2017, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Portions Copyright (c)

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright notice for contrib/cube?

2012-02-17 Thread Tom Lane
Jay Levitt writes: > Marti Raudsepp wrote: >> Please don't add that, just change 2011 to 2012. This is what the wiki says: >> Q: May I add my own copyright notice where appropriate? > To clarify, this is for an extension to be distributed separately on PGXN > and GitHub, not for a contribution t

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright notice for contrib/cube?

2012-02-17 Thread Jay Levitt
Marti Raudsepp wrote: On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 17:42, Jay Levitt wrote: Should it be something like Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group Portions Copyright (c) 2012, TipTap Inc. Please don't add that, just change 2011 to 2012. This is what the wiki says: Q: M

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright notice for contrib/cube?

2012-02-17 Thread Marti Raudsepp
On Fri, Feb 17, 2012 at 17:42, Jay Levitt wrote: > Should it be something like > > Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group > Portions Copyright (c) 2012, TipTap Inc. Please don't add that, just change 2011 to 2012. This is what the wiki says: Q: May I add my own cop

[HACKERS] Copyright notice for contrib/cube?

2012-02-17 Thread Jay Levitt
I'm basing an extension off contrib/cube. I'm going to open-source it under the existing PostgreSQL license, but I'm not sure how the copyright notice should look - there isn't one at the moment. (In fact, there's no LICENSE or COPYRIGHT file at all.) Should it be something like Portions Copy

[HACKERS] COPYRIGHT vs psql \copyright

2011-01-27 Thread Heikki Linnakangas
It seems that psql's \copyright haven't been kept up-to-date with the changes to COPYRIGHT file around 2001. psql \copyright says: PostgreSQL Data Base Management System Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2011, PostgreSQL Global Development Group This software is based on Postgres95, formerly known

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright waiver from Helios (fix for non-BSD copyright)

2009-04-25 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > OK, I thought there was some uncertainty about whether people were using > > the AIX code. > > Somebody suggested that the code might be needed on pre-5.3 AIX. But > after I looked into the files and found out the code is only needed > pre *4.3*, I thi

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright waiver from Helios (fix for non-BSD copyright)

2009-04-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > OK, I thought there was some uncertainty about whether people were using > the AIX code. Somebody suggested that the code might be needed on pre-5.3 AIX. But after I looked into the files and found out the code is only needed pre *4.3*, I think the odds of anyone still wa

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright waiver from Helios (fix for non-BSD copyright)

2009-04-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
Alvaro Herrera wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > I have received the attached email from HELIOS Software GmbH giving us > > permission to change the licensing of HELIOS-contributed software to our > > project to the official BSD license. (I am BCC'ing them.) > > > > I think we should re-add

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright waiver from Helios (fix for non-BSD copyright)

2009-04-23 Thread Alvaro Herrera
Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I have received the attached email from HELIOS Software GmbH giving us > permission to change the licensing of HELIOS-contributed software to our > project to the official BSD license. (I am BCC'ing them.) > > I think we should re-add the AIX files we removed from CVS ye

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright waiver from Helios (fix for non-BSD copyright)

2009-04-23 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > I think we should re-add the AIX files we removed from CVS yesterday, Why? That code is ten years obsolete. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To make changes to your subscription: http://www.

[HACKERS] Copyright waiver from Helios (fix for non-BSD copyright)

2009-04-23 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have received the attached email from HELIOS Software GmbH giving us permission to change the licensing of HELIOS-contributed software to our project to the official BSD license. (I am BCC'ing them.) I think we should re-add the AIX files we removed from CVS yesterday, and then remove the non-

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Robert Treat
On Thursday 01 January 2009 15:28:51 Bruce Momjian wrote: > Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 14:47 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Andrew Chernow wrote: > > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > > Greg Stark wrote: > > > > >> Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Mielke
Bruce Momjian wrote: Andrew Chernow wrote: I am not a lawyer, but if its one work, why is there a notice in every source file? ISTM that if it were one work there would only have to be one notice. Because people often take source files and copy them for use in other projects. As

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Mark Mielke
Andrew Chernow wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: Greg Stark wrote: Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the whole source tree considiered one work? One work, I assume. I am not a lawyer, but if its one work, why is there a notice in every source file? ISTM that if it wer

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Bruce Momjian
Joshua D. Drake wrote: > On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 14:47 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Andrew Chernow wrote: > > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > Greg Stark wrote: > > > >> Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the > > > >> whole source tree considiered one work? > > > > > >

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Tom Lane
Greg Stark writes: > Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the > whole source tree considiered one work? [ shrug... ] We've always done it this way. regards, tom lane -- Sent via pgsql-hackers mailing list (pgsql-hackers@postgresql.org) To mak

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Joshua D. Drake
On Thu, 2009-01-01 at 14:47 -0500, Bruce Momjian wrote: > Andrew Chernow wrote: > > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > Greg Stark wrote: > > >> Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the > > >> whole source tree considiered one work? > > > > > > One work, I assume. > > > > > >

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Bruce Momjian
Andrew Chernow wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > Greg Stark wrote: > >> Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the > >> whole source tree considiered one work? > > > > One work, I assume. > > > > I am not a lawyer, but if its one work, why is there a notice in every sou

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Andrew Chernow
Bruce Momjian wrote: Greg Stark wrote: Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the whole source tree considiered one work? One work, I assume. I am not a lawyer, but if its one work, why is there a notice in every source file? ISTM that if it were one work there wo

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Bruce Momjian
Greg Stark wrote: > Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the > whole source tree considiered one work? One work, I assume. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If your life is a hard driv

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Greg Stark
Is that actually legal if we haven't modified the files? Or is the whole source tree considiered one work? -- Greg On 1 Jan 2009, at 13:25, Bruce Momjian wrote: I have updated all the source files for a 2009 copyright; seems the commit message was suppressed due to its size. Tom found a

[HACKERS] Copyright update

2009-01-01 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have updated all the source files for a 2009 copyright; seems the commit message was suppressed due to its size. Tom found a few more and I have adjusted for those as well. -- Bruce Momjian http://momjian.us EnterpriseDB http://enterprisedb.com + If

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-27 Thread Tom Lane
David Fetter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:31:20PM -0400, Neil Conway wrote: >> Can't we just remove the file outright? The last release of Ultrix >> was in 1995. > Sadly, in the US, at least, and so that file, absent sweeping changes > in the law, will remain outside th

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-27 Thread Andrew Dunstan
Joshua D. Drake wrote: David Fetter wrote: Sadly, in the US, at least, and so that file, absent sweeping changes in the law, will remain outside the public domain until slightly after the first human-crewed starship departs our solar system. Hardly, we will have populated at least 3 solar s

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-27 Thread Joshua D. Drake
David Fetter wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:31:20PM -0400, Neil Conway wrote: Bruce Momjian wrote: FYI, I have received permission, below, to remove the Andrew Yu copyright. Thanks. Can't we just remove the file outright? The last release of Ultrix was in 1995. Sadly, in the US, at least

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-27 Thread David Fetter
On Mon, Mar 26, 2007 at 07:31:20PM -0400, Neil Conway wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > >FYI, I have received permission, below, to remove the Andrew Yu > >copyright. Thanks. > > Can't we just remove the file outright? The last release of Ultrix > was in 1995. Sadly, in the US, at least, and so th

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
Neil Conway wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > FYI, I have received permission, below, to remove the Andrew Yu > > copyright. Thanks. > > > > Can't we just remove the file outright? The last release of Ultrix was > in 1995. Yea, but that was the easy one because I already knew the author and

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-26 Thread Neil Conway
Bruce Momjian wrote: FYI, I have received permission, below, to remove the Andrew Yu copyright. Thanks. Can't we just remove the file outright? The last release of Ultrix was in 1995. -Neil ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: Have you checked

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright question

2007-03-26 Thread Bruce Momjian
FYI, I have received permission, below, to remove the Andrew Yu copyright. Thanks. --- Andrew Yu wrote: > > Hi Bruce, > > This header is originally part of a separate library > package for dynamic loading on DECstation Ul

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
Tom Lane wrote: > Bruce Momjian writes: > > The file is /src/tools/copyright. We don't re-run it for minor releases > > because there are almost no changes in minor releases. If we did run > > it, it would change a lot of code for little purpose. > > It might make sense to run it once a year in

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-05 Thread Tom Lane
Bruce Momjian writes: > The file is /src/tools/copyright. We don't re-run it for minor releases > because there are almost no changes in minor releases. If we did run > it, it would change a lot of code for little purpose. It might make sense to run it once a year in early January, rather than

[HACKERS] Copyright updated

2006-03-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
I have updated the copyrights on all the files in CVS HEAD, and updated the script that does the work. The commit message was too long to be automatically accepted. -- Bruce Momjian http://candle.pha.pa.us SRA OSS, Inc. http://www.sraoss.com + If your life is a hard drive, Christ can

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-05 Thread Bruce Momjian
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 12:02:19PM +0100, Matteo Beccati wrote: > > >After all - you wouldn't want somebody to say that PostgreSQL copied > > >them, because the date was later, would you? :-) > > I think it won't be hard to understand what "Copyright (c) 1996-2006" > > m

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-05 Thread mark
On Sun, Mar 05, 2006 at 12:02:19PM +0100, Matteo Beccati wrote: > >After all - you wouldn't want somebody to say that PostgreSQL copied > >them, because the date was later, would you? :-) > I think it won't be hard to understand what "Copyright (c) 1996-2006" > means ;) Maybe... but if it hasn't

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-05 Thread Matteo Beccati
Mark, After all - you wouldn't want somebody to say that PostgreSQL copied them, because the date was later, would you? :-) I think it won't be hard to understand what "Copyright (c) 1996-2006" means ;) Best regards -- Matteo Beccati http://phpadsnew.com http://phppgads.com --

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-04 Thread mark
Sorry... deleted the post I am responding to too quickly... The question was whether there was a program to bring the files up to date. Why? The code was written, and copyrighted, at the time that it was submitted. Unless the code has been completely re-written, the original copyright date applie

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-04 Thread Tom Lane
"Joshua D. Drake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I have been noticing that the copyright is wrong on many files (2005)... > Do we have a utility to update the copyright? We update those strings at major releases. regards, tom lane ---(end of broadc

[HACKERS] Copyright

2006-03-04 Thread Joshua D. Drake
I have been noticing that the copyright is wrong on many files (2005)... Do we have a utility to update the copyright? J ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 4: Have you searched our list archives? http://archives.postgresql.org

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2004-12-31 Thread Abhijit Menon-Sen
At 2004-12-31 23:49:35 -0500, pgman@candle.pha.pa.us wrote: > > With 8.0 coming out in 2005, I think I should update the copyrights on > the files. I don't think it actually makes any difference. -- ams ---(end of broadcast)--- TIP 3: if posting/re

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright update

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
Bruce Momjian wrote: > With 8.0 coming out in 2005, I think I should update the copyrights on > the files. I see Marc has already done the update. I am checking with the src/tools/copyright to make sure he got them all. He updated legal.sgml so I bet he got them all. -- Bruce Momjian

[HACKERS] Copyright update

2004-12-31 Thread Bruce Momjian
With 8.0 coming out in 2005, I think I should update the copyrights on the files. -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us pgman@candle.pha.pa.us | (610) 359-1001 + If your life is a hard drive, | 13 Roberts Road + Christ can be your backup.

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright (C) 1996-2002

2004-01-30 Thread Randolf Richardson
"[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jean-Michel POURE)" stated in comp.databases.postgresql.hackers: > Le Mardi 25 Novembre 2003 07:32, Randolf Richardson a écrit : >> I'm curious, has anyone consulted with a lawyer on this? > > Yes, the lawyer concluded that the number "2003" had been both > registered as a tr

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright (C) 1996-2002

2003-12-02 Thread Jean-Michel POURE
Le Mardi 25 Novembre 2003 07:32, Randolf Richardson a Ãcrit : > I'm curious, has anyone consulted with a lawyer on this? Yes, the lawyer concluded that the number "2003" had been both registered as a trademark and a patented invention. Therefore, it is very likely that Humanity will be able to j

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright (C) 1996-2002

2003-11-28 Thread Randolf Richardson
>> Today I've d-loaded PostgreSQL 7.3.4. >> I've seen in >> $PGSQLD/doc/html/index.html >> it still says >> Copyright (C) 1996-2002 >> shouldn't it be 2003? > > We only update the copyright notices when we are preparing a major > release. (Bruce just did it a week or two back for 7.4, for example

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright (C) 1996-2002

2003-08-15 Thread Tom Lane
Christoph Haller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Today I've d-loaded PostgreSQL 7.3.4. > I've seen in > $PGSQLD/doc/html/index.html > it still says > Copyright (C) 1996-2002 > shouldn't it be 2003? We only update the copyright notices when we are preparing a major release. (Bruce just did it a week

[HACKERS] Copyright (C) 1996-2002

2003-08-15 Thread Christoph Haller
Today I've d-loaded PostgreSQL 7.3.4. I've seen in $PGSQLD/doc/html/index.html it still says Copyright (C) 1996-2002 shouldn't it be 2003? Regards, Christoph PS I've sent this to [EMAIL PROTECTED] before. But in return I've got Your message to pgsql-docs has been delayed, and requires the approva

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2002-06-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
Jan Wieck wrote: > Bruce Momjian wrote: > > > > I see in ri_triggers.c: > > > > * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group > > * Copyright 1999 Jan Wieck > > > > Jan, are you holding copyright on this or is it dual, and what does dual > > mean in this case? > > S

Re: [HACKERS] Copyright

2002-06-20 Thread Jan Wieck
Bruce Momjian wrote: > > I see in ri_triggers.c: > > * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group > * Copyright 1999 Jan Wieck > > Jan, are you holding copyright on this or is it dual, and what does dual > mean in this case? Sure do I, do I? Hmmm, I can't even tell

[HACKERS] Copyright

2002-06-20 Thread Bruce Momjian
I see in ri_triggers.c: * Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2002, PostgreSQL Global Development Group * Copyright 1999 Jan Wieck Jan, are you holding copyright on this or is it dual, and what does dual mean in this case? -- Bruce Momjian| http://candle.pha.pa.us [EMAIL

[HACKERS] Copyright notices

2001-02-18 Thread Tom Lane
Say Bruce, I notice that a lot of the files under src/bin still have # Copyright (c) 1994, Regents of the University of California and have never had a Postgres group copyright added to them. I updated createdb just now to # Portions Copyright (c) 1996-2001, PostgreSQL Global Development Group